Impkovement in tin-wake



L. LEHMAN N.

Coffee Pot.

No. 78,104. Patented May 1%, 1868.

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- IMPROVEMENT IN TIN-WARE.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, LEOPOLD LEHMANN, of Monee, in thecounty of Will, and in the State of Illinois, have invented an Improvement in Tin-Ware; and do' hereby declare that the following is a, full, clear, and exact description thereof. reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in

whichl l Figure 1 is a vertical section of a cofi'ee-pot upon the line x a: in fig. 2. Figure 2 shows'the bottom of the same. i v

Figure 3 represents the bottom ofa pan.

Figure 4 is a, side elevation of the same, with the side broken away upon the lines y'y.

My invention consists in the'applieation of tinned'wireto the fiat bottoms of tin-ware, for the purpose of increasing their durability, and, in case of tin-ware used upon a stove, to avoid burning their-contents, by raising the bottom, so as to leave an air-space between it and the stove.

When used for, milk-pans, it allows the air to circulate freely between the pan-and the shell, by which means the milk is keptmore cool, and is 'less liable to sour.

As represented in the drawings, A is the coffee-pot, and B the tinned wire, soldered around the bottom, near the edge. I l i C represents a pan, upon the bottomof which the wire, 13, is soldered in three sections,leaving, between each, spaces corresponding. to their length, for the passage of air underneath the pan, and also .to enable it to rest more firmly upon its bottonn The advantages claimed for this improvement over all other's'in use are, that, covering more surfzice, it

strengthens and supports the bottom better, is cheaper, and more durable.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- The application of round tinned wire to'the bottoms of tin-ware, in the manner and for the purposes substantially as herein specified. V i

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand, this 28th day of February, 1868.

LEOPOLDLEHMANN. Witnesses CHAs. Hover, SIMON MILLER. 

